Delaware River Report / Conditions September 21, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been increased to 967 cfs.  We’re in a warm spell right now and the air temp should climb to 80 degrees today.  Sunshine and no wind round out the forecast.  We’ll be in this pattern until Tuesday when we get back to normal September weather.  It felt that there were fewer bugs hatching last night but overall it fished well.  Olives, a few cahills, isonychias, heptagenia, and caddis.  Olives were the main hatch again.  Definitely have your olive and isonychia spinners ready towards dark.  Hopefully the higher release flushes some of the weeds out of the West Branch to make nymphing a bit easier.

 

Bruce Miller with a good rainbow in the net yesterday

Bruce Miller with a good rainbow in the net yesterday

 

Hatching:
Click on the fly to see the patterns in our online store

Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives  – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Trico – #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,060 cfs 54°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,130 cfs 53°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 137 cfs 65°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 143 cfs 59°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 972 cfs 60°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 75 cfs 58°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 967 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 57°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 42 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 55.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 74.7%
Close